THE TRUST PROJECT
Julia Smith, Libby Bawcombe, Matthew Ström, Patrick Thornton
A CONCEPT FOR ENHANCED CITATIONS BY:
The User: Rodale“How did this story get built? Who did this come from?”
● Conflicted on politics● Gets news from local paper, ABC,
NPR, 20/20, Facebook● Feels the news is polarizing, “like a
play to create chaos”
CiteLine is a timeline of sources, citations and references that adds another layer of transparency to the reporting process by placing source material within the context of how a story was developed.
The Concept
MVP : Citations with a sense of time
● Sequential list of reporters’ interviews, document discovery, events and outreach
● Links to original source materials, interview transcripts, etc.● Reporter commentary and notes● Chronological and reverse chronological sorting● Filter by type of source
Features
On-the-recordinterviews
Internal links
EventsPolls
Text document
Audio clips Video
Web links
No comment
Off-the-recordinterviews
Transcripts
Sorting + filtering
Indication of different types
of sources
Added context from reporters and
editors
Direct links to online sources
Clear attribution
● Shows the depth of research that went into a story● Allows users to quickly see the variety and quality of sources ● Allow users to find the types of sources they care about● Visualizes dead-ends and missing pieces ● Illustrates the reporting process alongside the news cycle● Shows how a story can evolve over time with updates● Makes updates to a story more transparent
Meeting User Needs
“65 percent of voters believe there is a lot of fake news in the mainstream media.” – Harvard-Harris
CiteLine increases trust by increasing transparency and improving reporter accountability.
The Pitch